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Etymology

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Blend of mom +‎ martini

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Noun

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momtini (countable and uncountable, plural momtinis)

  1. A cocktail consumed by a mother.
    • 2011 March 29, Jessie Knadler, Kelly Geary, “Can Jam Can Drink and Be Merry”, in Tart and Sweet: 101 Canning and Pickling Recipes for the Modern Kitchen: A Cookbook[1], Harmony/Rodale, →ISBN, page 195:
      SIP: The guest of honor enjoys a momtini (seltzer cut with red currant syrup or similar in a martini glass), while everybody else sips a Gin Martini with Pickled Ramps (see page 203).
    • 2012 May 7, Kitty Harris, edited by Jodie E. Gould, Women and Recovery: Finding Hope[2], Turner Publishing Company, →ISBN:
      It also explores the latest drinking trends among girls and women of all ages—from those who binge drink in order to get the quickest high and momtini mothers, whose boozy children's birthday parties and playdates help them cope with the monotony of motherhood, to closet drinkers who sip their white wine (or harder stuff) in the privacy of their own pantries.
    • 2015 April 28, Jodie Gould, High: 6 Principles for Guilt-Free Pleasure and Escape[3], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      Do you relax with a cocktail after the kids are safely tucked away in bed, or are you a fan of momtini play dates, where alcoholic beverages are as ubiquitous as juice boxes?
    • 2016 July 26, Megan Abbott, You Will Know Me: A Novel[4], Little, Brown, →ISBN:
      […] Greg Siefert, or Bobby, or Ryan, who'd since been charged with making something called a momtini, carrying a tray for all the ladies.
    • 2022 February 27, Kashana Cauley, “Beef Mommas House Adventure” (12:21 from the start), in The Great North[5], season 2, episode 12, spoken by Beef Tobin (Nick Offerman):
      What if I tell Carissa, and she gets upset with me and kicks me out of Moms' Night? No more bonding? No more dirty momtinis? No more insulting Nancy Smith's bushes? Her bushes are so disorganized!